General noncompliance with the privacy, security, and transaction regulations result in in $100 fine per violation, up to $25,000 per violation for identical violations in a calendar year. Specific to the Privacy Rule , a $50,000 fine and imprisonment for one year for intentional disclosures.
The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
After the United States threatened with war, Spain declared war on the United States. The sinking of the battleship USS Maine on February 15 1898 at 9:30 PM in Havana Harbor did not cause the war, but it focused American attention on Cuba; the call was for an immediate resolution to the Cuban situation.